For example, as Windows 7 has reached it's EoL phase, Microsoft no longer provides support for it, yet increasing the chance of users not getting the needed support, and the newer versions of dependencies and other software we use in Node.js may not be compatible with Windows 7 either.
We understand that some peoples' devices/machines does not support upgrading to a newer edition of said operating systems, although we also have to deal with lots of issues ourselves to keep it compatible. In other words, Node.js does not support running on End-of-Life (EoL) platforms. Node.js does not support a platform version if a vendor has expired support for it. Windows 7 reached it's EoL (End-of-Life) phase already as stated here.Īnd we don't publish compatible builds to any of the other operating systems that their vendor has expired support for them as stated here, not just Windows 7. There also are people who use other older operating systems that we no longer publish releases to, as their vendor has expired support for them and so we should to not only reduce the burden of us working on the project, but also to encourage people to upgrade if possible to get better support and stability. As there are numerous people who still use Windows 7, there are also numerous issues that has to be faced to keep releasing compatible builds with Windows 7.
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